UNCW CONCERT CHOIR and CHAMBER SINGERS

Sunday February 21, 2010
4:00 pm

Beckwith Recital Hall, Cultural Arts building, Randall Drive

For more information, call 910.962.3415.

Free / no ticket required

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PROGRAM

Concert Choir performs:

Exsultate Deo by Alessandro Scarlatti

Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz op. 29, no. 1 by Johannes Brahms

Abendlied op. 69, no.3 by Josef Rheinberger Jesus and the Traders by Zoltán Kodály

The Lord Bless you and Keep you by John Rutter

There is a Balm in Gilead by William Dawson

My Lord what a Mourning by William Dawson

Mass in D by Antonín Dvorak



Chamber Singers perform:

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 61 by J. S. Bach

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UNCW CONCERT CHOIR and CHAMBER SINGERS are academic courses in the Department of Music that provide students from all disciplines of the university an opportunity for active participation in the preparation and performance of great music of all styles. The students perform on campus, in the community, and on tour. A hybrid group, the Chamber Choir, represents the program in annual performances at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and on biennial tours to Europe, the most recent of which was in May 2009.

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR

JOE HICKMAN is conductor of UNCW's choral ensembles and has led many performances on campus, in the community, and regionally. In spring 2006, the Chamber Singers were featured on the American Choral Directors' Convention in New York City in a performance of Missa Gaia with the Paul Winter Consort. In the past 23 years, the University choral ensembles have taken 11 tours in England and Europe and have given dozens of performances in London, Canterbury, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, and Leipzig as well as in a number of smaller towns in the German states of Hessen and Bavaria.

An active music editor, Hickman has published collections of motets by Palestrina and part songs by John Dowland with Masterworks Press of Olympia Washington and, recently, was co-editor of the publication of Missa Gaia for Hal Leonard Music. Dr. Hickman also writes articles and reviews for the Choral Journal.

As a guest conductor, Dr. Hickman has led several festival choirs for school systems in North Carolina and in his native West Virginia. He has also led orchestral groups from the Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and North Carolina Symphonies as well as contract orchestras in Wilmington, Baltimore, and New York. Finally, he has led performances involving Ensemble Courante, a period instrument group from Chapel Hill, and the Paul Winter Consort.